Each year, The Covenant Foundation gives grants to Jewish educators, to fund the most creative, promising and exciting ideas in the field. Since the Foundation’s inception in 1991, we have shared details about those grant projects on our website and in select articles right here in Sight Line, Covenant’s online journal.
But now, for the first time, we’re taking an even deeper look at every 2021 grantee at the very start of their grant cycle. This article will share details about the inspired ideas that led to the idea behind each project, and the hopes and dreams of our 2021 project directors. You’ll also find links to learn more. We hope this collection of interviews inspires you, motivates you and maybe even leads you to dream up your own project. Read on!
Interviews conducted and edited by Adina Kay-Gross and Yonah Kirschner
Signature Grants
Adas Israel Congregation Stepping Back In
American Jewish University Mikvah L’Amcha: Mikvah for the People
The Brandeis School of San Francisco Encountering Democracy: The מפגש (Mifgash) Project
The Center for Small Town Jewish Life at Colby College The Makom Fellowship Program
Hannah Senesh Community Day School Jews of Color (JOC) Engagement, Within and Beyond Our Walls
Jewish Communities of Vermont Shmita Statewide
Jewish Grandparents Network “To Every Thing There Is a Season”: Life Stages Curriculum for Grandparents and Grandchildren
Jewish Learning Venture jkidACCESS Guides
jGirls Magazine Learn Together
M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education M² Research Fellowships
Machon Siach at SAR High School Faculty Beit Midrash Innovation Lab
OneTable The 25th Hour
Sacred Spaces Respect and Responsibility
South Philadelphia Shtiebel Cultivating Communities of Care: The Shtiebel Adult Learning Initiative
theatre dybbuk The Dybbukast Live
Theater J at the Edlavitch DC JCC Expanding the Canon
Ignition Grants
The Greensboro Contemporary Jewish Museum Social Practice Institute
Hebrew College Spiritual Formation in Rabbinic Education
Jewish Farmer Network Farmer Torah Initiative
Modern JewISH Couples Modern JewISH Couples
Shutaf Inclusion Programs Shutaf Inclusion Guide and Staff Training for Inclusion Success
